NURS 2212

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NURS 2212

NURSING 2212 Advanced Nursing Care 4 Credits

This course is designed to assist students to gain knowledge of complex and critical health problems and to use the nursing process to identify nursing interventions to promote the health of the individual and their family. Emphasis is placed on critical health problems of the life processes of: protective function, oxygenation, sensorimotor, elimination, and reproduction. Other content to be included will be emergency and disaster nursing and care of the high risk pregnant client and neonate. Selected laboratory experiences in caring for clients in acute care facilities and simulated experiences will enable the student to acquire knowledge and skill related to the content. This course consists of 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory experience. PR: Nursing 2208. CR: ALLH 2210, NURS 2209, NURS 2211. Spring semester. A Basic Life support card is required.

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1. Use critical thinking when applying the nursing process to the care of clients with complex health problems occurring within the life processes of protective function, oxygenation, sensorimotor, elimination, reproduction and in situations of emergency and disaster nursing.